Modbus
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Modbus skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Modbus over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 851 925 1156
Rank change year-on-year +74 +231 -283
Permanent jobs citing Modbus 63 27 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.061% 0.028% 0.049%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.47% 0.17% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 49 24 23
10th Percentile £34,950 £42,000 £41,982
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -11.11% +42.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £68,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £56,250
% change year-on-year - -6.67% +21.62%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Modbus is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,526 15,491 22,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.18% 15.91% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 7,761 11,859
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,900 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

Modbus
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Modbus as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Modbus in the UK

Modbus
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Modbus.

Salary trend for Modbus in the UK

Modbus
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Modbus over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Modbus in the UK

Modbus
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Modbus within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +22 58 £52,500 - 51
England +97 45 £50,000 -23.08% 57
South East +19 23 £45,000 -5.26% 8
Work from Home +70 18 £61,500 -5.38% 18
Scotland - 14 £61,500 - 5
Midlands +5 11 £52,500 - 14
East of England +1 9 £65,000 - 4
East Midlands - 9 £52,500 - 12
West Midlands +11 2 £50,000 - 2
London +138 1 £67,500 +3.85% 9
North of England +47 1 £57,500 -11.54% 17
North West +5 1 £57,500 -11.54% 6

Modbus
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.17%) WinCC
2 1 (1.59%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 6 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (7.94%) OrCAD
3 2 (3.17%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.76%) AWS
2 2 (3.17%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 28 (44.44%) TCP/IP
2 11 (17.46%) Wireless
3 10 (15.87%) Profibus
4 7 (11.11%) 3G
4 7 (11.11%) Ethernet
4 7 (11.11%) GPRS
5 6 (9.52%) MQTT
5 6 (9.52%) RS-485
6 5 (7.94%) 4G
7 4 (6.35%) RS-232
7 4 (6.35%) RS-422
7 4 (6.35%) ZigBee
8 3 (4.76%) DMZ
8 3 (4.76%) Firewall
8 3 (4.76%) LTE
8 3 (4.76%) VLAN
8 3 (4.76%) VPN
9 2 (3.17%) Bluetooth
9 2 (3.17%) LoRaWAN
10 1 (1.59%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (31.75%) JIRA
2 16 (25.40%) GitLab
3 13 (20.63%) Visual Studio
4 6 (9.52%) Subversion
5 4 (6.35%) Eclipse
5 4 (6.35%) Git
6 3 (4.76%) Jenkins
General
1 18 (28.57%) Electronics
2 15 (23.81%) Finance
3 12 (19.05%) Manufacturing
3 12 (19.05%) Public Sector
4 11 (17.46%) Marketing
4 11 (17.46%) Telecoms
5 4 (6.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (6.35%) Military
5 4 (6.35%) Social Skills
6 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.59%) Retail
Job Titles
1 36 (57.14%) Software Engineer
2 27 (42.86%) Senior
3 14 (22.22%) Senior Software Engineer
4 10 (15.87%) Embedded Engineer
5 9 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
6 7 (11.11%) Development Engineer
6 7 (11.11%) Software Development Engineer
7 6 (9.52%) Electronics Engineer
7 6 (9.52%) PLC Engineer
7 6 (9.52%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 5 (7.94%) Automation Engineer
8 5 (7.94%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 5 (7.94%) Industrial Engineer
8 5 (7.94%) Senior Automation Engineer
9 4 (6.35%) PLC Software Engineer
9 4 (6.35%) Support Engineer
10 3 (4.76%) Architect
10 3 (4.76%) Graduate
10 3 (4.76%) Technical Support
10 3 (4.76%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (20.63%) .NET
2 12 (19.05%) .NET Framework
2 12 (19.05%) CSS
2 12 (19.05%) HTML
2 12 (19.05%) WinForms
2 12 (19.05%) WPF
3 4 (6.35%) Flash
3 4 (6.35%) GTK
4 3 (4.76%) Flask
4 3 (4.76%) REST
4 3 (4.76%) SOAP
4 3 (4.76%) Web Services
5 2 (3.17%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 2 (3.17%) Qt
5 2 (3.17%) Yocto
6 1 (1.59%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 21 (33.33%) SCADA
2 14 (22.22%) IoT
3 8 (12.70%) CAN bus
3 8 (12.70%) NB-IoT
4 7 (11.11%) Renewable Energy
5 6 (9.52%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (7.94%) Management Information System
6 5 (7.94%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (6.35%) Algorithms
7 4 (6.35%) ARM Cortex
8 3 (4.76%) Product Ownership
9 2 (3.17%) Arduino
9 2 (3.17%) Industry 4.0
9 2 (3.17%) Operational Technology
10 1 (1.59%) Device Driver
10 1 (1.59%) Driving Licence
10 1 (1.59%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 1 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (1.59%) State Machine
10 1 (1.59%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 16 (25.40%) Windows
2 15 (23.81%) Linux
3 2 (3.17%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (55.56%) Software Engineering
2 16 (25.40%) Agile
3 12 (19.05%) Multithreading
4 11 (17.46%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (17.46%) Digital Marketing
4 11 (17.46%) Programme Management
5 7 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (11.11%) Software Testing
6 6 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (9.52%) Customer Service
6 6 (9.52%) Prototyping
7 5 (7.94%) Computer Science
7 5 (7.94%) Machine Learning
7 5 (7.94%) TDD
8 4 (6.35%) CAD
8 4 (6.35%) Continuous Integration
8 4 (6.35%) Customer Experience
8 4 (6.35%) Roadmaps
8 4 (6.35%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 27 (42.86%) C#
2 21 (33.33%) C++
3 20 (31.75%) SQL
4 17 (26.98%) Java
5 11 (17.46%) C
6 8 (12.70%) Ladder Logic
7 5 (7.94%) Assembly Language
7 5 (7.94%) Python
8 3 (4.76%) Ada
8 3 (4.76%) VB
9 2 (3.17%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 22 (34.92%) Degree
2 9 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.76%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.59%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (1.59%) HNC
4 1 (1.59%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.11%) IEC 61131
2 4 (6.35%) JTAG
2 4 (6.35%) QA
3 3 (4.76%) NIST
4 1 (1.59%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.59%) MISRA
4 1 (1.59%) MISRA C
4 1 (1.59%) SLA
4 1 (1.59%) TickIT
System Software
1 9 (14.29%) Firmware
2 4 (6.35%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.17%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 11 (17.46%) SAP
2 7 (11.11%) Siemens
3 6 (9.52%) Allen-Bradley
3 6 (9.52%) EMC
3 6 (9.52%) Microsoft
4 5 (7.94%) Wonderware
5 4 (6.35%) Rockwell
6 3 (4.76%) Oracle
7 2 (3.17%) AVEVA
8 1 (1.59%) Atmel
8 1 (1.59%) Autodesk
8 1 (1.59%) CA
8 1 (1.59%) Freescale
8 1 (1.59%) NCR
8 1 (1.59%) Renesas